Poll: Deficit team should hike taxes
By MACKENZIE WEINGER
Politico.com
8/10/11 6:45 AM EDT U
Congress’s new deficit supercommittee should push for tax increases on the wealthy and major cuts in domestic spending — but not in entitlement programs, most Americans say in a new CNN poll.
According to the poll, 62 percent of those surveyed say they think taxes on the wealthy should be increased so the government can fund programs that help lower-income Americans. Just 34 percent said taxes should be kept low for the wealthy because they help create jobs.
The supercommittee also should seek cuts to domestic government programs, 57 percent of respondents said. Slashing defense spending is acceptable for only 47 percent, with 53 percent saying cuts should not hit the military.
Only 12 percent of the Americans surveyed said they think tax increases on middle-class and lower-income Americans should be a part of the agreement, and just 35 percent think the supercommittee should propose significant changes to Social Security and Medicare, the CNN poll found.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61007.html
Politico.com
8/10/11 6:45 AM EDT U
Congress’s new deficit supercommittee should push for tax increases on the wealthy and major cuts in domestic spending — but not in entitlement programs, most Americans say in a new CNN poll.
According to the poll, 62 percent of those surveyed say they think taxes on the wealthy should be increased so the government can fund programs that help lower-income Americans. Just 34 percent said taxes should be kept low for the wealthy because they help create jobs.
The supercommittee also should seek cuts to domestic government programs, 57 percent of respondents said. Slashing defense spending is acceptable for only 47 percent, with 53 percent saying cuts should not hit the military.
Only 12 percent of the Americans surveyed said they think tax increases on middle-class and lower-income Americans should be a part of the agreement, and just 35 percent think the supercommittee should propose significant changes to Social Security and Medicare, the CNN poll found.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61007.html
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